Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Brassicales

Salvadoraceae - Mustard family

Vickery, A.R. (1983) Salvadoraceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1)

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs, unarmed or spiny. Stipules minute or 0. Leaves opposite, simple, often coriaceous. Inflorescence of dense axillary or terminal fascicles or panicles. Flowers usually 4-merous, bisexual or unisexual. Calyx-lobes 2-4. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Ovary 1-2-locular. Fruit a berry or drupe.

Worldwide: 3 genera and 11 species, occurring in warm and often dry places in the Old World.

Mozambique: 3 genera and 5 taxa.

Salvadora persica var. persica

Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Azima Lam.Description
Dobera Juss.Description
Salvadora Garcin. ex L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Salvadoraceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Salvadoraceae
Flora of Caprivi: Salvadoraceae
Flora of Malawi: Salvadoraceae
Flora of Zambia: Salvadoraceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Salvadoraceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Salvadoraceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Salvadoraceae
Wikipedia: Salvadoraceae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Salvadoraceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=201, retrieved 30 March 2023

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